Trans Dapt oil filter relocation kit instructions

Installation Instructions for Single Oil filter Relocation Kits

Note: This unit transfer?s hot oil throughout the engine compartment. Improperly installing a Trans-Dapt oil filter unit could cause leaking or breakage of components, and my result in smoking and or an engine fire.

To insure a safe and durable installation, please read and follow this instruction sheet carefully.

If you have any questions regarding the installation, please do not hesitate to contact Trans-Dapt technical support department. They can be contacted by phone at 582 ? 921- 0404 or by email at TECHSUPORT@TDPERFORMANCE.COM. If you feel you are not qualified to perform this installation yourself we suggest you visit you favorite auto service center and let them perform the installation.

Procedures for Single Filter Relocation Kits

Allow Engine to cool.
Drain oil, then remove and properly discard oil and filter.
Spin on new oil bypass adapter where the oil filter was.

CAUTION: Check to make sure the original (provided with kit) is properly seated in the groove located on the bypass adapter.

Tighten bypass adapter to the same tightness as the original oil filter. Be sure bypass adapter makes contact with sealing surface
Select best location for remote filter base (fender well, firewall, frame< etc.) Check that supplied hoses are long enough to reach new location. CAUTION: Make sure the hoses do not crimp, kink or rest against hot or sharp surfaces. Flow restriction or hose damage will occur.
Once proper hose distance is assured mount remote filter base. Filter base mat be mounted either vertically or horizontally.
Using remote filter base as a template mark mounting holes (3) with pencil, punch, etc. Set remote filter base aside.
Drill marked holes using a 5/16? drill bit. CAUTION: Make sure area behind mounting location is free of anything that could be damaged by drilling.
Mount remote filter base into position using #14 x �? sheet metal screws. Unit may also be mounted using properly sized bolts, washers and nuts (not included) properly tightened.
Install Hoses. Please read carefully.

Using either hose begin by wrapping a small portion of Teflon tape around male fitting on the hose (No more than 3 layers thick). Then screw into the outermost hole in the bypass adapter. Since the male fitting is a press fit into the neoprene hose, the hose and fitting are screwed into the bypass adapter as one unit.
Run this hose to the remote filter base. Attach brass hose adapter to the hose. Wrap Teflon tape on the male fitting (No more than 3 layers thick) going into the remote filter base and screw into the outermost hole marked ?IN?.
Repeat procedure with second hose going from center most hole in oil bypass adapter to the center most hole (marked ?OUT?) on the remote filter base.
Tighten all brass fittings with wrench. Tighten fittings on bypass adapter first, then tighten the fittings on remote filter base. CAUTION: To avoid damaging the unit, do not over tighten.

Install new oil filter

Use threaded nipple provided, screw into bottom of remote base. CAUTION: There is a short thread and a long thread on this nipple. Screw the short threaded end into the remote base, leaving the long thread to hold new oil filter. Tran-Dapt Performance remote oil filter bases require � - 16 filters such as Fram PH8A, HPF1 or equivalent oil filter.
Spin on new oil filter and tighten as you would a standard oil filter. (Lube gasket)

Following your vehicle or engine manufacture?s specifications fill your engine oil.
Check your installation:

Stare you engine.
Immediately oil pressure gauge or oil pressure warning light. CAUTION: If no oil pressure registers or the oil pressure warning light stays on, stop engine immediately!
If condition exists the hoses are hooked up incorrectly.
Reverse both hose connections at the remote filter base only.
Repeat steps 12A and 12B. Oil pressure should now register properly and or no oil warning light should be on.

Run engine for approximately 3 minutes. While running, check all connections for oil leaks. CAUTION: Never lay under the vehicle while engine is running or while engine is still hot to check for oil leaks
Stop engine. Check oil level on dipstick. This should show slightly low as oil is now in the new hoses. Add oil to bring level to full line on dipstick. Do not over fill.

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